[visionlist] [Extended Deadline 24 April] AI in Healthcare, Imperial College, 26-28 August

[Xianghua Xie]

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE (AIiH)
26 - 28 August 2026, Imperial College London, UK
https://aiih.cc

Extended Deadline: 24 April 2026 (FIRM)


Submission to AIiH 2026 is now open, with the final submission deadline the 24th of April 2026. AIiH 2026 is a single-track conference with oral and poster presentations and will include four keynote presentations and one conference tutorial on translation. This third edition will be hosted in Imperial College London. 

Authors are invited to submit full-length high-quality papers in both theory and/or application areas that are closely relevant to the conference. Submitted papers will be refereed on their originality, presentation, empirical results, and quality of evaluation. Submissions for special sessions are also welcomed. Special session papers are reviewed in the same way as main sessions (double blind review for full papers and the same page limit) and papers are included in the proceedings for accepted full papers.

This year, AIiH launches a brand new challenge for Perivascular Space Segmentation. For full details please visit conference website.

AIiH 2026 also features 8 Special Sessions, which covers a wide range of topics that deserve special interests.

Full papers will be published in the Springer LNCS proceedings.

AIiH 2026 also welcomes short abstract submissions to be included as poster or short spot-light presentation at the conference. This is to both enable fast dissemination of promising preliminary findings and encourage attendance by a broader audience of early career researchers (including research students), healthcare professionals, and industrial practitioners. Abstracts will be archived with DOIs.


1. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
AIiH aims to provide a prominent platform for researchers and practitioners who are devoted to improving healthcare using modern artificial intelligence. We recognise that healthcare applications present complex and sometimes unique challenges across a wide spectrum, from ethics to technical developments, that generic AI methods are often inadequate. By creating this dedicated forum, we encourage discussions and disseminations of efficient and effective AI solutions and technologies for healthcare, and in turn we hope to influence the research, technology adoption, and decision making in healthcare.

In September 2025, we welcomed delegates from 27 different countries to attend this second edition of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AIiH 2025), which is hosted in September 2025 in the Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK. A total of 83 full-length papers (12 pages plus to 2 pages of references) and 102 short abstracts (up to 5 pages in length) were received by the April deadline. AIiH 2025 continued to adopt the double-blind peer review policy for full-length papers. Each paper received at least 3 reviews, with an average of 3.6 reviews. Abstracts received 2 or 3 expert reviews per submission. A total of 60 full-length papers were selected for publication in the proceedings and 46 abstracts (excluding late-breaking abstracts) are digitally archived online with DOIs. Contributing authors are from 27 countries, which reflects the international nature of the conference. The best paper and best poster prizes were selected and awarded at the conference. 
More details of the previous editions can be found here: https://aiih.cc/aiih-2025-overview/ and https://aiih.cc/aiih-2024/



2. TOPICS OF INTEREST
The conference welcomes submissions of novel research work in the following areas, but not limited to:
- Ethics of AI in Healthcare
- Predictive Analytics in Healthcare
- AI driven proactive care and predictive intervention
- AI driven early diagnosis and prevention
- Machine and deep learning approaches for health data
- Medical signal and image processing
- AI-aided medical imaging (CT, MRI, ultrasound, histopathology, etc.)
- Digital and virtual pathology / neurology
- AI in Pharmacology: drug discovery and drug development
- AI driven Digital Twinning in Oncology/Medicine
- Precision Medicine and AI
- AI for drug screening and discovery
- AI led personalised healthcare
- AI-aided large-scale cohort data analyses
- Patient-centred AI design
- Assisted living technology
- Healthcare workflow optimisation and automation
- AI driven robotics for healthcare
- AI in mental health
- Patient data and privacy
- AI in proactive health management


3. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
https://aiih.cc/keynote/

Prof. Mihaela van der Schaar
University of Cambridge

Prof. Alejandro Frangi 
University of Manchester

Prof. Huiru Zheng
Ulster University

Prof. Michael Lones
Heriot-Watt University


4. CONFERENCE TUTORIAL
https://aiih.cc/tutorial/

Prof. Stephen Smith
University of York
Tutorial Title: “Translating AI in Clinical Practices”


5. CHALLENGE
DoRa-PVS Challenge: The Domain Randomisation Challenge for Perivascular Space Segmentation
https://sageb.io/6YOZ1N

- Release of resources: 20 March 2026
- Registration period: 20 March 2026 – 10 Mai 2026
- Docker submission window: 20 March 2026 – 10 June 2026
- Notification of top three teams: 15 June 2026
- Late-abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2026
- Late-breaking author registration deadline: 17 July 2026
- Announcement of challenge results: 26 – 28 August 2026


6. SPECIAL SESSIONS

- Multimodal Generative AI in Healthcare

- Intelligent Systems & Robotics for Advanced Healthcare Solutions

- Trustworthy AI for Healthcare in Resource-Constrained Settings

- From Explainability to Accountability

- Ambient Assisted Living Technology for Personalised Healthcare

- Hyperspectral Imaging–Enabled AI for Clinical Diagnosis

- AI Innovations in Autism Diagnosis

- AI & Data Science for Digital Biomarkers


7. IMPORTANT DATES

Full Paper submission (extended):	Friday 24 April 2026

Author notification:			Monday 25 May 2026
Author registration deadline:		Tuesday 16 June 2026
Early registration deadline:		Monday 13 July 2026
Main conference:			Wednesday 26 – Friday 28 August 2026


8. KEY ORGANISERS

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Prof. Hao Ni, University College London, UK
Prof. Xianghua Xie, Swansea University, UK
Dr. Daniele Cafolla, Swansea University, UK

CLINICIANS & MEDICAL STUDENTS ENGAGEMENT OFFICER
Dr Duaa Alim, Imperial College London, UK


9. CONTACT
contact at aiih.cc